William Dausch
Home Town: New York, NY
General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William Dausch, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ronssoy, France, September 29, 1918. During operations against the Hindenburg line, Sergeant Dausch rendered valuable assistance and demonstrated rare courage in attacking and destroying two enemy machine-gun nests by the accurate fire of his rifle. Even, after being mortally wounded in the head, he continued in the combat until he collapsed.
